Physics
This SI unit is equivalent to one kilogram-meter per second squared.
What is a newton?
In the MCU, this fictional metal is mined primarily in Wakanda.
What is vibranium?
This U.S. state has the longest coastline, thanks largely to all those icy inlets and islands.
What is Alaska?
In 1941, this nation believed attacking Pearl Harbor would somehow keep the United States out of World War II.
What was Japan?
This app became so popular in 2016 that people wandered into traffic trying to catch virtual creatures.
What is Pokémon GO?
This quantity equals mass multiplied by velocity.
What is momentum?
In Doctor Strange, this relic chooses Stephen Strange and later helps him fly and fight.
What is the Cloak of Levitation?
This is the longest river in the world, commonly cited in many textbooks.
What is the Nile River?
This city ignored the giant wooden horse parked outside its gates because apparently “free horse” was enough.
What was Troy?
In 2024, this social media app was temporarily unavailable in the U.S. for many users after legal challenges over its ownership, only to return after service resumed.
What is TikTok?
This thermodynamic law says entropy of an isolated system tends to increase over time.
What is the Second Law of Thermodynamics?
This actor played both Johnny Storm in Fantastic Four and Steve Rogers in the MCU.
Who is Chris Evans?
This sea, bordered by Jordan and Israel, is so salty you can float without trying.
What is the Dead Sea?
In 1812, this French leader decided invading Russia in winter sounded manageable.
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?
This 2021 Reddit community helped fuel a historic short squeeze that sent GameStop's stock soaring.
What is r/WallStreetBets?
This effect describes the apparent frequency change of a wave due to relative motion between source and observer.
What is the Doppler effect?
In Thor: Ragnarok, this character is revealed to be the Grandmaster’s champion before fighting Thor.
Who is Hulk / Bruce Banner?
This country contains both the Atlas Mountains and the city of Casablanca.
What is Morocco?
In 1986, engineers at this nuclear plant conducted a safety test that became one of history’s worst disasters.
What was Chernobyl?
In 2021, a single cargo ship stuck sideways in this canal generated weeks of memes and disrupted global trade.
What is the Suez Canal?
This principle states that no two identical fermions can occupy the same quantum state simultaneously.
What is the Pauli exclusion principle?
In Avengers: Infinity War, this planet is where Thanos confronts Doctor Strange, Iron Man, Spider-Man, and several Guardians.
What is Titan?
This nation is home to Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain above sea level.
What is Nepal?
This captain famously said his ship was “unsinkable” shortly before hitting an iceberg in 1912.
Who was Captain Edward Smith?
On October 4, 2021, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp all went offline after a networking failure involving this type of internet protocol.
What is BGP (Border Gateway Protocol)?